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No. 764,416. PATENTED JULY 5, 1904. R. BUGUE.

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APPLICATION FILED saw. 2, 1903.

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APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1903.

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RICHARD BOGUE, OF MOOSE JAlV, CANADA.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 764,416, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed September 2, 1903. Serial No. 171,617, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD Boson, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Moose Jaw, in the Territory of Assiniboia West and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Index, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in an index for account or record books; and one object thatI have in view is to provide a means by which a bookkeeper of commercial accounts is able to systematically arrange the names so that time can be saved in finding them both in the index and index-books. The

improved arrangement is so simple and used so easily that the accountant turns at once to the place of entry in the index in order to find'either the account itself or a reference to the number of the page of the account, and the supplementary alphabetical characters pertaining to each primary index-letter are so disposed that they are fully exposed when the index is opened at the proper index-letter, all the other supplementary letters being concealed to avoid confusion and to enable the index as a whole to be used with despatch, precision, and certainty.

Another purpose of this invention is to employ the marginal index in connection with a compact form of key-index and ruled account sheets or pages numbered in consecutive order and interspersed with the groups of indexsheets, the whole adapted to be bound in a suitable holder or binder in such a way as to provide for the removal of a filled sheet or completed account, to the end that another sheet may be placed in the book as a substitute for the completed sheet, such substituted sheet bearing the same number as the removed sheet and distinguished therefrom by the addition of an alphabetical letter or other character.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined description, and the actual scope thereof will be defined by the annexed claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

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Figure 1 is a plan view of an index embodying my invention and showing the same opened.

to represent the key-sheet, and Fig. 2 is an other plan view showing the index opened at the index-letter A and representing the order of arrangement of the supplementary alphabetical letters on the groups and sections of sheets devoted to the primary index-letter A. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of my index, showingthe leaves thereof ina separated condition to more clearly illustrate the notched edges of the group of leaves devoted to the combination for each primary index-letter. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the reverse side of the key-sheet shown by Fig. 1.

The index-book of my invention contemplates the employment of a number of sheets which are suitably bound within suitable covers; but, if desired, the index may be em bodied as a part of a ledger or other account or record book, in which case the leaves of the index and the pages of the account or record book are bound in a device known to the art as a temporary binder or holder. As devices of this class are well known, I have not considered it necessary to represent the invention in connection with such a holder; but it is sufficient to state that the binder allows the ready introduction of additional leaves or pages, as well as the removal of filled pages of completed accounts.

The index of my invention contemplates the employment of groups of pages, each group being devoted to one letter of the alphabet. Each combination may consist of a plurality of leaves, and in the example shown by Fig. 2 of the drawings the combination devoted to the index-letter A consists of five. pages a, Z), a, (Z, and a. The page a of the first group is provided with a double notch f f, thereby providing two extensions f f", the extension f being prolonged beyond the ex- Said extension f of the page a is provided with a prominent index character, such as A, whereas the extension f is provided with supplementary alphabetical in 1 dex-letters, as B, C, D, F. The pages Z), c,

d, and e of the combination are provided with single notches arranged to form extensions g g, the extenslon g of the page D bemg overlapped by the extension f and in like order the extension 9' of the page is overlapped by the extension g, said extensions 9 9 being provided with other groups of supplementary alphabetical reference characters, as shown by Fig. 2. The pages Z) 0 (Z are cut off flush with the marginal edge of the notch f of the page a, and the page 0 is similarly cut at the marginal edge, so as to lie flush with the edges of the pages 6 0 (Z and with the marginal edge of the notch f of the page a. The last page, 6, of the combination, however, has a continuous edge which is not notched, and this edge of said page a is provided with a group of supplemental alphabetical index characters. It is to be understood that the several pages of groups forming the combination are provided with supplemental index characters from B to W, inclusive. The pages forming the other groups and sections devoted to the primary index characters B to are similarly notched and provided with the supplemental index characters described in connection with the primary index character A and shown by Fig.2, and in this connection it is desired to explain that the first page of each combination, such as the page a, which page contains the primary index character, is arranged to be overlapped by a corresponding page, such as e, of the preceding group, all of said primary index characters, however, being exposed to view at one edge of the book or index. The employment of the unnotched or continuous edge on the final page 6 of the combination serves to conceal the supplemental index characters of the several groups from the supplemental index characters of the next following combination, and these supplemental characters are only exposed to view when the index is opened at the page having the primary index character, such as A, B, C, or thelike. Each page in the index is provided with the columns, rulings, and headings shown by Fig. 2, wherein h, z', and j indicate vertical parallel columns having suitable headings, as it, the page, being ruled by horizontal lines and the heading-spaces being provided with suit able designations, such as the word Name and the abbreviation No. The columns are designed to receive suitable designations which determine the entry of the names, and these designations are shown by Fig. 2 as a combination of the initial letters and the alphabetical letters following the initial letters, as will be seen by reference to the designations Ab, Ac.

If it is desired to enter a name in the index, the accountant first selects the index-letter corresponding to the initial of the name of the account, and the index is opened at that page. The second letter in the name is then ascertained, and the proper page a, b, 0, (Z, or e having the proper supplemental index-letter is turned over, after which the name is entered in the proper column, it, under its appropri' be readily found after its entry by turning to the proper index character under the supplemental index-letter of the group or section.

As before indicated, I contemplate the employment of the index in connection with numbered pages of an account or record book, the numbered pages being interspersed with the groups or sections of the index-pages, as shown by Fig. 3, whereby a certain number of numbered pages will lie between consecutive alphabetically-designated groups or sections of index-pages. To readily indicate under the subdivisions of the primary index-letters the location of the numbered pages in the account or record book, I have provided the article with an additional sheet, which I have designated as a key-sheet, the same being indicated by'the reference character 5 in Fig. l of the drawings. This key-sheet is -to be bound in the front part of the account or record book, and it is of such length that its right-hand margin will expose the primary alphabetical index characters, as shown by said Fig. l. The key-sheet is provided with a plurality of vertical parallel columns 6, which are intersected by horizontal ruled lines 7 Certain of these columns are provided with spaces 8 for the reception of the headings, the latter being similar to the primary index-letters A to I, inclusive. Each column 6 is divided by the horizontal lines into a series of divisions which are adapted to receive a certain number of supplemental combination index characters, as well as the numbers denoting the pages of the record or account book, where accounts indexed according to my invention may readily be located.

If desired, certain groups of the supplemental or secondary index characters may be separated from other groups by heavy ruled lines. Index characters which are likely to denote relatively small groups of names and accounts may have supplemental or secondary index characters, according to the vowels; but I do not desire to limit myself to any particular order of arrangement of the secondary index characters, because the number will vary according to the number of accounts to be indexed on the key-page 5 of the record-book. As shown, one page of the key-leaf has its columns subdivided to accommodate the characters A to M, inclusive; but the other page of this key-leaf may be similarly ruled and divided for the accommodation of the remaining primary index characters M to ordinate or secondary index-letters, as shown by Fig. 4:.

If it is desired to obtain reference to the approximate page where an account of a given TOO reams name is to be located, the operator turns to the key-page 5. The initial letter of the name is first ascertained and then follows the second. letter of the name. For example, if the initial letter is E and the second letter is r the accountant determines at a glance that an account corresponding to these letters will be The use of my improved index in connection with the numbered leaves of an account or record book allows a filled sheet or complete account to be readily removed from the hinder or holder and its place to be supplied with another sheet which will take the same number as the filled removed sheet; but this substituted sheet may readily be distinguished from the filled sheet by the addition of a reference character or other symbol.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent 1. An index of the class described, having groups or sections of pages, one page of each group having a double notch at its upper corner, and disposed to form two extensions, one of which projects beyond the other, said extensions being provided with a primary index character and with one or more supplemental index-letters, other pages ofthe combination having their supplemental index-letters exa continuous edge disposed to cover the pages containing supplemental index-letters of succeeding primary indexletters.

2. An index of the class described, having combinations of leaves, the first group-leaf of each combination having at its upper corner a double notch forming two extensions, one of which projects beyond the other, and said extensions provided with a primary index-letter and one or more supplemental index-letters, other pages of said combination having single notches forming extensions which are provided with'other supplemental iIlClBX-lfitw ters, and the last page of each combination having a continuous edge disposed to cover.

the succeeding pages and the supplemental letters thereon of other groups bearing successive primary index-letters; each page of the combination being divided into columns.

which are designated to receive names having characters corresponding to the primary and supplemental index-letters of the partlcular. page.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD BOGUE. Witnesses:

HARRY GREEN, EDWIN L. CALLING. 

